Supporting parents to facilitate communication and joint attention in their young children with autism spectrum disorders: Two pilot studies

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-234

  Prelock, Patricia A ^a,b   Calhoun, James ^b   Morris, Hope ^b   Platt, Gretchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; communication; family centered care; joint attention; parent training

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051763167     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TLD.0b013e318227bd3f     Document Type: Article

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